The animal rights movement has generated major controversy over the years and has proven to be an ongoing battle for animal activists. In a search for non-academic texts which address the issue of animal rights, I came across the news article If Animals Have Rights, Should Robots? and a blog post Tilikum has Died, But There’s Still Much We Can Do to Save Other Orcas. These two texts discuss the same topic, but are considered two completely different genres. Most people are aware of, and are able to distinguish the differences between a news article and a blog because these assigned genres are something everyone has come across at least once in their life.
Namely, when examining the genre we refer to as a blog, it usually refers to a website or web page run by a person or a small group of people. When looking at the content of a blog, for the most part, it’s solely based on the authors opinion, usually accompanied by facts to support arguments or opinions. For instance, on the blog post Tilikum has Died, But There’s Still Much We Can Do to Save Other Orcas, Mark Hawthorne talks about the death of Tilikum, the famous Sea World orca, and speaks out about orca captivity and what we should do to halt the process. He states “Clearly, were it not for Tilikum and Blackfish [documentary
…show more content…
It’s obvious throughout the text that the author genuinely cares about the issue and wants to bring awareness through his blog post. Most blog authors are paid very little to write, and they simply gain compensation from shining light on certain issue and topics. The authors intended audience is all animal lovers and animal activists because these are the people who will sympathize with the cause and will most likely heed to the author’s call to
"The Case For Animal Rights" written by Tom Regan, promotes the equal treatment of humans and non-humans. I agree with Regan's view, as he suggests that humans and animals alike, share the experience of life, and thus share equal, inherent value.
The introduction page of the website touches base with rhetorical appeal of pathos with unpleasant features meant to effect the reader's emotions. For instance, the introduction page has pictures of some criminals who kill many dolphins, and the sea turned red because there is blood-stained water everywhere with the caption, ''Stop slaughter''. This is a good way to make the reader feel melancholic for what happens in real life. Then they will convince the readers to donate to them to encourage stopping killing animals. When the reader sees these kinds of pictures, they are going to be motivated to support the Sea Shepherds. In this way, the Sea Shepherds appeal to the readers' emotions to help them stop the extinction of sea animals.
The reason I agree with the author is because, she showed facts and quotes about what some of the scientist that work on these animals think when they are working such as when she quoted "The only thing I care about, is whether the monkeys will show characteristics that I can publish. I never feel affection for them. I don’t like animals at all. I despise cats. I hate dogs. How can you like monkeys?" (as cited by H. Ruesch in "Slaughter of the Innocent", 1983, page 52. ) which you can see why it helps her article to be more effective on animal experimenting being wrong. Also she had added a true story about how one of the professors that were testing on a monkey tattooed the work CRAP onto it's forehead all of these helped me to see why she believes that animal testing shouldn't be allowed. To me this author seems to be manipulated by emotion just because she had told so many stories that broke my heart and made me cry just thinking about what is happening to all of these innocent animals. Another reason I believe that she manipulates through emotion is because, she makes people realize all that these animals are going through just because scientist think that animals have the same feelings and reactions that us people
PETA is arguably the largest animals’ rights organization in the world with more than 5 million members and supporters. They go further to say they are against the use of animals in food, clothing, research, and entertainment industries and claim to spread their message through public education, cruelty investigations, research, animal rescue, legislation, special events, celebrity involvement, and protest campaigns. This is all according to their website of course; however, a deeper look reveals another meaning filled with hypocrisy, deceit, terror, and greed.
“The relationship of homo sapiens to the other animals is one of unremitting exploitation. We employ their work; we eat and wear them. We exploit them to serve our superstitions: whereas we used to sacrifice them to our gods and tear out their entrails in order to foresee the future, we now sacrifice them to science, and experiment on their entrail in the hope — or on the mere off chance — that we might thereby see a little more clearly into the present.” Brigid Brophy stated this quote in The Sunday Times in the year of 1965. It is a common belief that Brophy’s article may have been the spark for the animal rights movement. The Animal Rights Movement is the social movement that I have decided to write about. It was believed to have started
In his Meditations, Rene Descartes argues that animals are purely physical entities, having no mental or spiritual substance. Thus, Descartes concludes, animals can’t reason, think, feel pain or suffer. Animals, are mere machines with no consciousness. Use the Internet to explore the issue of animal rights. Investigate the legacy left by Rene Descartes concerning the moral status of animals.
Adams). Derrida maintains “meat eating is not a simple, natural phenomenon, but is irreducibly linked in our culture to masculinity along multiple material, ideological, and symbolic lines” (quoted in Adams). Despite the absence of “real” meat, the patriarchal myth of masculinity remains on its website: “men are strong, men need to be strong”, thus men need vegan bacon. With this in mind, PETA’s use of sexually explicit and misogynistic ads makes sense. The group is attempting to reach male meat eaters (“Make your ‘stock’ rise”) and assume the familiar patriarchal subject cannot and should not change. The reiteration of such advertisements show that apparently you have to keep participating in the traditional construction of maleness
Reviews and research reports are available. Anthrozoös, 8, 132-142. Herzog, H. A. & Co., Inc. (1993) The 'Secondary' of the 'Secondary' of “The movement is my life”: The psychology of animal rights activism.
A large amount of information relating to animal rights disseminates from the many websites PETA is associated with. These websites are a key factor to attract supporters and publish information that will help advance its activism. These two PETA websites that were very useful for researching this paper are www.peta.org and www.furisdead.com. These websites ...
Animals have their own rights as do to humans and we should respect that and give them the same respect we give each other. Animals deserve to be given those same basic rights as humans. All humans are considered equal and ethical principles and legal statutes should protect the rights of animals to live according to their own nature and remain free from exploitation. This paper is going to argue that animals deserve to have the same rights as humans and therefore, we don’t have the right to kill or harm them in any way. The premises are the following: animals are living things thus they are valuable sentient beings, animals have feeling just like humans, and animals feel pain therefore animal suffering is wrong. 2 sources I will be using for my research are “The Fight for Animal Rights” by Jamie Aronson, an article that presents an argument in favour of animal rights. It also discusses the counter argument – opponents of animal rights argue that animals have less value than humans, and as a result, are undeserving of rights. Also I will be using “Animal Liberation” by Peter Singer. This book shows many aspects; that all animals are equal is the first argument or why the ethical principle on which human equality rests requires us to extend equal consideration to animals too.
Doesn’t it kill you to see a movie and see an animal get killed or just hurt in it? Good thing that’s all special effects. Back in the day, around 1966, movies didn’t always use special effects. Khartoum, a movie based on a holy war in the Sudan desert, directed by Basil Dearden and Eliot Elisofon, used horses a great deal, but did not use the special effects in order to not hurt the animals. Many horses died in the making of this movie, as well as others, even including a major hit, Ben-Hur. Today, there are many activist groups that fight for and about the unfair treatment and protection for animals in everyday life. The People for Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) is one of these groups. PETA was founded in 1980, and since then has been working on getting the point across to the public that animals “are not ours to eat, wear, experiment on, or use for entertainment.” (PETA: Official Page). PETA also focuses on educating policymakers and the public about the abuse of animals and making it known that animals deserve the right to be treated with respect.
Matheson, D. (2004). Weblogs and the epistemology of the news: some trends in online journalism. News Media & Society 6 (4) pp.443-468. (on-line)
Animals are so often forgotten when it comes to the many different levels of basic rights. No, they can’t talk, or get a job, nor can they contribute to society the way humans can. Yet they hold a special place in their owners’ hearts, they can without a doubt feel, show their different emotions, and they can most definitely love. In recent years there has been a massive increase in animal rights awareness, leading to a better understanding and knowledge in the subject of the humane treatment of animals. Where do humans draw the line between the concern of equality, and simple survival?
Animal rights encompass a large range of scenarios such as medical testing, use in entertainment such as zoos or circuses, and abusive or negligent owners. This essay will present a thesis that public awareness can affect animal rights in a very real and meaningful way.
Blogs are a form of new media. The ability for bloggers to post any sort of text photos or even videos to other internet users that could interact have become popular.